Tension rods coming lose easily.

[StickS707]

I'm starting to think that the problem lies with the actual swivel nuts rather than the tension rods

[Stuffed Chimp]

I'm starting to think that the problem lies with the actual swivel nuts rather than the tension rods

Do tell - what makes you think that? I'm still getting to the bottom of the same issue on my MMP.

[Gravengaard]

I, unfortunately, have the same problem :-(

[Jerry Skiddz]

I had the same problem with my CBs. Wouldn't stay in tune for even a whole song. Sold them a while ago.

[scooterdavis]

Messed with one at a shop for a few minutes; struck me as cheap.

[Sethiroth]

Hi Raider09

Sorry to hear you are having some trouble . We haven't had this to be an issue although sometimes with non-machined rods there can be some variance with the plating factor. Check your inbox for PM
Thank you for playing Pearl!

Never got that PM.

[GreenDrummer]

Echoing this post. Have had mine for a year and after 10 minutes lugs redo lugs are falling on the floor and batter lugs are finger lose. It is very frustrating. Love the sound and want to record with them. I am open to suggestions as well.

[Sethiroth]

People are saying that they aren't tuned high enough. Well I crank my 10" tom and it still comes loose pretty quickly. Not as fast as my floor toms, which I keep fairly loose, but still a lot faster then my other drum kits.

[Gravengaard]

Please Pearl - this seems to be a real problem for what seems to be a lot of people.

Can you look into a solution? I love Pearl and though I'm not expecting Masterworks level of quality, I to at least want the drums to be in tune for longer periods of time.

One of your reps in Scandinavia suggested the Pearl TNK-10N/10, but I don't wanna fork out +10€ for a pack of 10 (with my drumkit is 96 lugs), when this is something that shouldn't happen in the first place.

Thank you :-)

[Stuffed Chimp]

Please Pearl - this seems to be a real problem for what seems to be a lot of people. Can you look into a solution? I love Pearl and though I'm not expecting Masterworks level of quality, I to at least want the drums to be in tune for longer periods of time. One of your reps in Scandinavia suggested the Pearl TNK-10N/10, but I don't wanna fork out +10€ for a pack of 10 (with my drumkit is 96 lugs), when this is something that shouldn't happen in the first place. Thank you :-)

Well I was expecting masterworks levels of quality on my MMP and instead I got drums that lose their tuning within minutes at times. I did raise this with Pearl Europe who got my dealer onto it and he's still sorting new tension rods for me, but when you fork out literally thousands for a specially ordered, top end, brand new kit it's very, very disheartening to say the least. As much as I love the colour (yellow!) I'm afraid given the endless tuning issues I don't think I'm ever going to love the kit.

[StickS707]

I really hope Pearl gets a solution for this...I have recommended the kit (and Pearl in general) since I got it. I thought mine was an isolated incident. I've got 4 Pearl kits at all levels from Export to Reference, plus about 10 Pearl snares ranging from the Export to the TriColon, and the only drums with tuning issues (or any issue) are the Crystal Beats. I'd hate to have to start changing from saying "I love Pearl" to "I love Pearl...except the Crystal Beat has some issues."

I'm still wondering if the issue is tension rods or the swivel nuts...I haven't had time to fully investigate.

[Gravengaard]

Yeah, played my kit now for 2 hours. Had to tune my 12" tom once, my floortom twice and one of the rods on the bassdrum was lying on floor... This is not cool!

I wonder if it's the cheap metal skewer on the tensions rods that causes this? My Masterworks has the plastic skewers and there are no problems with those. I'm gonna take the tension rods from one of my Masterworks toms and put it on the Crystal Beat to see if it'll solve anything.

[Sethiroth]

Yeah, played my kit now for 2 hours. Had to tune my 12" tom once, my floortom twice and one of the rods on the bassdrum was lying on floor... This is not cool!

I wonder if it's the cheap metal skewer on the tensions rods that causes this? My Masterworks has the plastic skewers and there are no problems with those. I'm gonna take the tension rods from one of my Masterworks toms and put it on the Crystal Beat to see if it'll solve anything.

I would love to read your findings on this! Thanks!

[StickS707]

So this is a real problem. Today I worked with a national drummer (headlining stadium act) that did a clinic/motivational speech at a high school. I've worked with him on a few of these little engagements for a few years now, but since we have started doing schools and not so much at the music store I used to work at, I use my gear (PA and drums). For the last couple, I have used my Crystal Beat because it has the DrumLites installed and looks really cool...the students dig it. The last time the tension rods backed out on most of the kit, but I figured it was a fluke. So I set up and did a baseline tuning on the kit (after the PA was setup to allow for the temp change) night before. This morning I tuned the kit for the show.

He played 3 songs...when I was breaking down the kit down, all three toms (went with 12, 14, 16), had most of the tension rods backed out...including rods on the reso heads. And when I say backed out, I mean there were some that were at risk of falling out. The only saving grace is that the drums still sounded okay (no weird overtones or "paper" sounding), just dull and thuddy...and not the way they were tuned (mid/low with TONE).

The fact that almost all tension rods came loose makes me think that the swivel nuts are no good. I have a set of Pearl swivel nuts that I'm going to (finally) put on one of the toms I use the most (10 or 14) and see what happens after the gig I have next Saturday. If anyone has any insights prior to that...POST UP!

[Gravengaard]

So - I tried the rods from my Masterworks tom on my 12" tom and it DID make a significant difference... Although I only played for an hour and a half, no rods were coming loose.

I don't know if it's the rod itself or if it's the plastic skewers that keeps them in place. I'll find out by glueing the metal skewers on the CB rods to rod-head and then putting the plastic skewers underneath.

At least it's a kind of a break through :-)